We Say “I Can’t Wait” … But We Can and Should

Doesn’t time feel like its flying? Already we are 34 days into the year 2011 and it feels like it hasn’t even started yet. For me, I am glad January is over and I am making February my “new year”.

January of course is always long and hard and I “couldn’t wait” for it to be over. With uncontrollable weather, the passing of my grandfather and my uncontrollable life I prayed everyday that January would just end. But now it’s already over and done with and it felt like a long month but it also felt like it has flown by. We always just “can’t wait” for something.

Like always, we have something to look forward to, whether it is the end of the day, the weekend, a long weekend, or a trip in a few months, it’s always something we “can’t wait for”. But then the time comes when it’s the end of the day, the weekend, the long weekend or that trip we have been waiting for. It comes and goes so quickly so why are we always waiting for that time when it comes so fast and ends so fast? It’s always nice to look forward to something because it excites us, but we shouldn’t want it to come sooner, because that means life is passing by sooner.

It makes me sad that time fly’s by and sometimes I need to stop and take life a little slower than usual. Being busy is great but it means time goes by much quicker. It scares me to know that I am 24 this year and yesterday felt like I just graduated. The saying “time flies” is actually pretty accurate. But we all say time flies, maybe this is just how fast our lives are supposed to go?

Today is my niece’s first birthday. At this time last year we were so excited congratulating my oldest sister on her new baby who only cried, slept and pooped. Today we are saying happy birthday to a beautiful walking, crawling, smiling, talking, laughing, and red headed bundle of joy! And how did this past year fly. We got to see her go from a small fragile baby to a small toddler. SO happy birthday to my beautiful baby niece, I would love to say, that we “can’t wait” to see her grow into a young girl and the onto a young lady and into a woman but I am going to just say, I look forward to seeing her day by day changing into that woman she will become.

This year will be exciting like usual. Keagan will be 7 (holy crap), we have a few trips planned (Disneyland and Vegas), Adam turns the big 3-0, and we will be looking to bigger and better things. There will be some wonderful times and some tough times but we all get through these times. So I would like to say “I can’t wait” for this year to bring me laughter and cheer, but I won’t because I can wait, day by day, life will bring us what is meant to be and I look forward to what will fall in place for me.

The Guilt Lasts Longer Then The Pleasure.

You may relate to this and then again you may not, but my work is probably the worst for pleasuring foods. Donuts, candy, pie, pop, you name it, we have it. No we are not a grocery store, but simply just a small administrative office that's indulging in sweets. Now for some this may be like heaven because you can get a treat whenever you feel you need to, but for me its hell! Temptation arises for me in this place, it definitely gets my mouth watering!

Right now my mission is to lose a pound or 2, okay maybe like 60 pounds so I had decided to join Weight Watchers on August 18th. I count points, points for everything... like pie, pop, candy, donuts. But seeing the results of how many points a piece of pie actually is puts me in a very tough situation. Hmm.... eat a small piece of pie for 6 points or eat a full healthy dinner for 6 points, tough decision isn't it? Even though its an obvious of what I should chose its hard to say no to something so good.

The big boss man works out, eats healthy and never touches these treats. Today we were all surrounding the candy jar because the tempting 'fresh' Dina-Sours from Costco had been placed in the glass candy dish just hours prior to that moment. So tempting because they are so incredibly yummy and really I could probably dip into those bad boys and eat maybe 1 or 2 or like 20 of them (okay maybe the whole bag). It was hard but I turned down the glass dishes offer of the colourful candy's and headed back to my desk. My 'healthy' boss was standing there and he also turned the candy's down, we all chuckled knowing the temptation was there.

Not even a minute after I sat back down at my desk I received an email from my 'healthy' boss that said "The guilt lasts longer than the pleasure". Very rare to see a personal email from such a business type man but these words were so true. Eating one candy lasts a moment of bursting flavours on your taste buds, but that guilt lasts all day, all week and then haunts you at your weekly weigh in. I'm glad I turned down the colourful, wonderful smelling candy's even though I really, and I mean really, wanted some! Now I don't have to sit here starting at the glass jar with guilt but yet I can stare at that jar with a smirk on my face thinking yeah not worth the guilt. I weigh in tonight.... wish me luck!

TTYL.
-Danielle

New Blog?

Blogging... hmm... I haven't blogged in over a year and apparently within that year I have forgotten my old Blog address and password! So here is my new blog, sometimes starting fresh is the way to go.